Fister bats left-handed, and throws right-handed. He was
born in Merced, California and attended Golden Valley High
School. He then attended Merced College, and later Fresno State
University. Fister spent four seasons (2006-2009) in the Seattle
Mariners minor league organization before being promoted to the
Major League roster in 2009 Photo: Canadian Baseball News

Jim Gott

Los Angeles DodgersHe was born in Hollywood, California.He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th
round of the 1977 amateur draft.He
began his Major League baseball career in 1982 with the Toronto
Blue Jays.He played 14 seasons with 4
different teams and ended his big league playing career in 1995.In 2002, he worked as a pitching coach for Dennis Quaid,
who plays Jim Morris in the film The Rookie.Baseball Reference

Jeremy Guthrie

Jeremy Served a mission in Spain.

Guthrie said serving a mission has had a
"tremendous" effect on his career. "My beliefs are deeper and
stronger than they were before my mission. There are situations
that aren't conducive to the spirit, so it's good to have that
foundation," he said. Deseret News

from
the column Guthrie became the first Major League
Baseball player who had been a Mormon missionary to appear in
the World Series, according to research by Doug Andersen of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Mets selected
Guthrie in the 15th round and offered an extraordinarily high
bonus ($650,000) for that point in the draft. Guthrie declined,
saying that he was determined to serve his mission before
turning pro. During one meeting at Shea Stadium, Guthrie
remembers then-Mets general manager Steve Phillips asking if $1
million would be enough for him to commit to baseball full time
rather than become a missionary. Guthrie said no.

Jerry Garvin

Theodore Jerry Garvin was born on October 21, 1955, in
Oakland, California. He was the Blue Jays starter for their 1978
opener, and was clearly the team's best pitcher in 1980 with a
2.29 ERA (189 ERA+ in 82 2/3 IP). He did well the year before,
but didn't pitch much. Jerry was a bishop in the Folsom 4th ward
in the Folsom California Stake.

Roy Halladay

He was born in Denver, Colorado.He was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round
(17th pick) of the 1995 amateur draft.He
made his major league debut three years later.He had more wins than any other major league pitcher in
2002 & 2003.

On October 6, 2010 Roy Halladay threw the
second no-hitter in post season history (Don Larsen's perfect
game in the 1956 World Series being the first) against the
Cincinnati Reds in game one of the NLDS. It was his second
no-hitter of the year (the perfect game on May 29 being the
first)

Baseball Reference Baseball Almanac

Bryce Harper

No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 baseball
draft by The Nationals

The Nationals selected the
Bryce Harper, a 17-year-old with prodigious power from the
College of Southern Nevada, with the No. 1 overall pick in 2010
draft. Harper hit .443 with 31 homers and 98 RBIs in his first
college season in a wood bat league, after skipping his final
two years of high school and getting his GED.

He has hit the longest home run in the
history of Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, and his
blast of 502 feet would have gone farther if it hadn't hit the
back wall of the dome.As a catcher, he picks
off runners from his knees and he throws a 96 mph fastball. He
will start with the nationals in right field.

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